Will Egan
@assembler.bsky.social
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Let’s be clear. Privatization of the post office will mean some addresses simply will not be covered because they are unprofitable. Think of it like our private healthcare system.
December 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Let’s be clear. Privatization of the post office will mean some addresses simply will not be covered because they are unprofitable. Think of it like our private healthcare system.
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Yes! Some people regret getting breast implants and facelifts. But no one is trying to ban the procedures because of it!
Every anti-trans-care argument falls apart when you ask why it doesn't apply to any other medical decision
this is an argument for banning both all plastic surgery and knee replacements
December 4, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Yes! Some people regret getting breast implants and facelifts. But no one is trying to ban the procedures because of it!
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One of the most vital conversations we need to have in re: human rights in the US involves the rights we afford children who are, legally speaking, their parents’ property in a distressing number of instances. That needs to change.
A lot of people don’t think kids are real people! It’s a narrative we perpetuate every day!
the clear sign that they just don’t see these kids as real people is the endless concern over hypotheticals and the indifference to the reality that actual children are more likely to kill themselves because of these bans
December 4, 2024 at 5:14 PM
One of the most vital conversations we need to have in re: human rights in the US involves the rights we afford children who are, legally speaking, their parents’ property in a distressing number of instances. That needs to change.
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He's extremely correct, and this is important info to internalize.
There's a general tone of flippancy about litigation going about spaces like this.
Not inherently bad, but oozing with naivetè. Worth considering this wisdom too.
There's a general tone of flippancy about litigation going about spaces like this.
Not inherently bad, but oozing with naivetè. Worth considering this wisdom too.
OK - I'm at 35,000 feet, and I didn't get enough sleep on my first flight to do work. Y'all want a thread on litigation risks? Doesn't matter. A lot of you need one right now.
Because a lot of you have been talking about doing a lot of things that come with litigation risk.
That's not a bad thing.
Because a lot of you have been talking about doing a lot of things that come with litigation risk.
That's not a bad thing.
December 4, 2024 at 7:39 PM
He's extremely correct, and this is important info to internalize.
There's a general tone of flippancy about litigation going about spaces like this.
Not inherently bad, but oozing with naivetè. Worth considering this wisdom too.
There's a general tone of flippancy about litigation going about spaces like this.
Not inherently bad, but oozing with naivetè. Worth considering this wisdom too.
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Remember kids, only boycott when asked by the workers. You follow what the workers want, not what your sense of self-righteousness tells you. The workers know what they’re doing and how they want YOU to help. Love, a union worker.
Does anyone know if they’re asking us to boycott or if we should shop as normal?
Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.
November 29, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Remember kids, only boycott when asked by the workers. You follow what the workers want, not what your sense of self-righteousness tells you. The workers know what they’re doing and how they want YOU to help. Love, a union worker.
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I really think doomers should look to Ireland, which was a desperately poor wholly owned franchise of the Catholic Church with some of the most repressive laws in Western Europe until very recently, as proof that decline isn’t inevitable or irreversible
November 29, 2024 at 5:40 PM
I really think doomers should look to Ireland, which was a desperately poor wholly owned franchise of the Catholic Church with some of the most repressive laws in Western Europe until very recently, as proof that decline isn’t inevitable or irreversible
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the day people realise your fav fictional characters don’t reflect on your actual morals is the day we will know peace
November 30, 2024 at 3:30 AM
the day people realise your fav fictional characters don’t reflect on your actual morals is the day we will know peace
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Wouldn’t THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT boardgame be…chess?
December 1, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Wouldn’t THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT boardgame be…chess?
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The lawyer that represented Asian students who helped break Affirmative because they thought Black students were less qualified and shouldn't have gotten in. is now suing because Asian enrollment is down at select Ivy-league schools. Come to find out, it is white students who have always benefited.
November 29, 2024 at 5:14 PM
The lawyer that represented Asian students who helped break Affirmative because they thought Black students were less qualified and shouldn't have gotten in. is now suing because Asian enrollment is down at select Ivy-league schools. Come to find out, it is white students who have always benefited.
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This is just obviously a better product in every sense *unless* you are a far-right screamer type, it’s not complicated anymore
I think framing Bluesky vs Twitter as left vs right or fun vs horrifying misses the fact that newspapers are getting far more engagement and conversion on Bluesky than Twitter.
December 1, 2024 at 5:53 PM
This is just obviously a better product in every sense *unless* you are a far-right screamer type, it’s not complicated anymore
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1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
The Mystery of Food Deserts
They didn’t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:06 PM
1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
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Ok I have one actual Hunter Biden take and that’s that Trump pardoned a war criminal who his own fellow soldiers turned in for being a sadistic murderer so honestly if you didn’t say anything about that shut da fuck up lol
December 2, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Ok I have one actual Hunter Biden take and that’s that Trump pardoned a war criminal who his own fellow soldiers turned in for being a sadistic murderer so honestly if you didn’t say anything about that shut da fuck up lol
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Um, it's because we're all scared of the damn tariffs.
It's not like any of us can actually afford shit right now, but the alternative is to *never afford shit again.*
So people are buying their durable goods NOW.
It's not like any of us can actually afford shit right now, but the alternative is to *never afford shit again.*
So people are buying their durable goods NOW.
December 2, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Um, it's because we're all scared of the damn tariffs.
It's not like any of us can actually afford shit right now, but the alternative is to *never afford shit again.*
So people are buying their durable goods NOW.
It's not like any of us can actually afford shit right now, but the alternative is to *never afford shit again.*
So people are buying their durable goods NOW.
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Illinois has put an end to the injustice of cash bail. And it’s working better than anyone expected.
Illinois Has Put an End to the Injustice of Cash Bail
Amid a national backlash against criminal justice reform, Illinois has achieved something extraordinary. It’s working better than anyone expected.
www.thenation.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Illinois has put an end to the injustice of cash bail. And it’s working better than anyone expected.
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And, perhaps counterintuitively the framing of "birth deficits" is also a racist, eugenicist permission structure.
🚨I'm seeing some climate accounts posting overpopulation stuff, so I've removed the paywall from my article on the subject: Overpopulation Is A Racist Trope.
'Overpopulation' Is A Racist Trope. It's Time We Laid It To Rest
A new movie satirises the myth that climate change is a consequence of too many people. In the real world, our overpopulation obsession must be euthanised.
climatelaundry.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:30 PM
And, perhaps counterintuitively the framing of "birth deficits" is also a racist, eugenicist permission structure.
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
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Saying "Lincoln was a Republican" is like saying “Kevin Spacey won an Oscar.” Technically it’s true, but a lot of shit has happened since then
December 2, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Saying "Lincoln was a Republican" is like saying “Kevin Spacey won an Oscar.” Technically it’s true, but a lot of shit has happened since then
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The conundrum of our politics is that we may need a populist message to win back the working class, but once you start down that path you could horseshoe into pet-eating hateful nonsense.
December 2, 2024 at 8:13 PM
The conundrum of our politics is that we may need a populist message to win back the working class, but once you start down that path you could horseshoe into pet-eating hateful nonsense.
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Burger King does revenue on the order of billions. Fines for violating labor laws like this should not be so small that they are effectively just a line item. Treating this as a petty crime while throwing the book at shoplifters is crazy.
Multiple Burger King and Popeyes franchises across Massachusetts has been hit with over $2 million in fines for violating child labor law.
Nearly 2,000 workers under age 18 were being paid late, paid less than minimum wage, or were not paid at all.
www.businessinsider.com/popeyes-burg...
Nearly 2,000 workers under age 18 were being paid late, paid less than minimum wage, or were not paid at all.
www.businessinsider.com/popeyes-burg...
Burger King and Popeyes franchises fined for child labor law violations
The citations at the Massachusetts franchises follow an increase in child labor violations in recent years, according to government data.
www.businessinsider.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Burger King does revenue on the order of billions. Fines for violating labor laws like this should not be so small that they are effectively just a line item. Treating this as a petty crime while throwing the book at shoplifters is crazy.
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Read this article, because the conclusions in it are horrifying. Spoiler alert: not only are abortion bans killing women, states are destroying the processes that could clarify the laws and reverse this trend.
The purpose of a system is what it does.
The purpose of a system is what it does.
Both Texas and Georgia are destroying evidence of all maternal mortality, blocking proof that women are dying from abortion bans.
This story has a lot more going on than you think. Especially since Republicans are lying about the public cases.
www.salon.com/2024/12/02/d...
This story has a lot more going on than you think. Especially since Republicans are lying about the public cases.
www.salon.com/2024/12/02/d...
Republicans don't care if women die from abortion bans — but they don't want you to know about it
Women will keep dying, but the GOP is working hard to destroy the evidence
www.salon.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Read this article, because the conclusions in it are horrifying. Spoiler alert: not only are abortion bans killing women, states are destroying the processes that could clarify the laws and reverse this trend.
The purpose of a system is what it does.
The purpose of a system is what it does.
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Libsoftiktok account nuked by Bluesky moderation when that account had special privileges on Twitter even before Elon.
You love to see it.
You love to see it.
December 2, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Libsoftiktok account nuked by Bluesky moderation when that account had special privileges on Twitter even before Elon.
You love to see it.
You love to see it.
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We have a phone recording of Trump himself asking Georgia officials to find votes while he was President and people think Biden's pardon of Hunter is what's gonna finally encourage Trump to do bad things and misuse his power
December 2, 2024 at 6:15 PM
We have a phone recording of Trump himself asking Georgia officials to find votes while he was President and people think Biden's pardon of Hunter is what's gonna finally encourage Trump to do bad things and misuse his power